SICHUAN, May 17 -- The Sichuan provincial government has recently approved to set up three new provincial-level forest parks: the Gugu Mountain Forest Park, Heilong Lake Forest Park and Wanfeng Mountain Forest Park. Until now, the number of forest parks in Sichuan Province reaches to 132.

GANSU, May 8 -- The Forum on Ecological Restoration along the Belt & Road was held on May 8 in Lan Zhou, capital of southwest China’s Gansu Province. At the Forum, experts from home and abroad discussed about vegetation restoration in arid and semi-arid regions, and ways of combining ecological protection and the Belt & Road strategy.

JILIN, April 25, China.org.cn -- The protection zone for Siberian tigers in northeast China's Jilin Province will be expanded, according to an ecological protection plan by the local government.

According to the plan, nine new protection zones covering an area of 390,000 hectares will be built in the province. By 2020, an 800,000-hectare habitat for tigers and leopards will be created, with capacity for more than 30 fertile tigers and over 50 fertile leopards.

CHONGQING, April 21, China Daily -- Central government plans to invest 30 million yuan ($4.36 million) to improve facilities in public parks and forests in southwestern Chongqing, it was announced on April 17.

The Chongqing Forestry Bureau plans to spend the money, the largest investment in parks in a decade, across 88 municipal-level forest parks.